Ex-Gangster Turns Pastor - Nature's Your Best Ally - Worst Breakfasts in America - NY is Ground Zero

Articles, Videos, Audios [View Full eBulletin Here]( Apr. 16, 2024 | Vol. 11 | No. 35 | Since 2013 [Home]( [Fan Mail]( [Advertise](   96% of Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta and Data brokers April 11, 2024 - “It’s shocking, and really kind of incomprehensible,” said Dr Ari Friedman, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the U. of P. Additionally, not all of these websites even had a privacy policy. And of the 71% that did, 56% disclosed specific third-party companies that could receive user information. [CONTINUE@TheRegister]( The Mass Appeal of Anne Lamott April 6, 2024 -I t will spoil nothing to tell you that Lamott closes “Somehow” with a quote from her favorite William Blake poem: “And we are put on earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love.” Like the book’s title, its conclusion is apt.. [CONTINUE@WashingtonPost]( Kitty Noir Encourages Those Recovering from Addiction April 6, 2024 - “A lot of my fans in recovery say that, ‘You’re super inspiring.’ They feel like they can really connect with me on a deeper level since we’re both in recovery and kind of get it,” Ji said. “I have my regular normal fans and then my recovery fan base, but my recovery fan base — I feel a genuine connection with them.” [CONTINUE@LATimes]( Philadelphia Foundation Award Grants to 13 Addiction Recovery Organizations April 1, 2024 - District Attorney Larry Krasner awarded microgrants totaling $357,000 to 13 addiction recovery groups as part of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Violence Prevention Grant Program. The awardees are as follows: [CONTINUE@PhillyDA]( Psychodrama Therapy Gave Me 10 Years of Therapy in One Day April 3, 2024 - I sat in front of my “real father” as he stared right through me like he always does. “I don’t see you,” he said in a stern voice. “You never have,” I whispered quietly back. “No one is going to hurt you.” (photo: Dr. Tian Dayton) [CONTINUE@PsychologyToday]( New York is Ground Zero For Fentanyl Epidemic April 4, 2024 - It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. Torren showed me how to connect to fentanyl dealers even on social media sites as apparently innocent as Instagram. He showed me how, if you know the variations of words to put in, it is easy to connect to dealers. [CONTINUE@NYPost]( Forced Drug Treatment Could Lead to More Fatal Overdoses [NPR Audio]( April 6, 2024 - More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don’t comply. Some say it’s “tough love.” Critics say it’s unethical and ineffective. [CONTINUE@NPR]( Lily Allen Admits Her Secret to Staying Sober April 8, 2024 - The singer has always been candid about her drink and drug abuse, saying quitting alcohol and drugs was the best decision she had ever made. She has now been sober for almost five years. In my early days of sobriety I did a lot of work, I went to a lot of meetings, I did my step work and I had a sponsor. [CONTINUE@DailyMail]( Natalie Eva Marie Talks Troubled Past, Addiction and Staying Sober April 5, 2024 - Former WWE superstar Natalie Eva Marie dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player, but poor decisions led her down a dark path of addiction and alcohol abuse. “I feel like I was just born straight out of the womb an alcoholic and an addict, like, full-on,” the former WWE wrestler said. [CONTINUE@Fox]( Discovering Truth about Our Brains and Addiction April 10, 2024 - Ronstroem hopes to help answer one critical question: how does drug abuse influence reward pathways in the brain? Specifically, his research focuses on uncovering how some drugs, especially opiates and psychostimulants, affect certain brain circuits. (photo: Joakim Ronstroem) [CONTINUE@LifeSciences]( Kush Addicts Dig up Human Bones to Get High on Drug April 6, 2024 - Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush,” Bio said. One of the main ingredients in kush is ground-up human bone which enhances the drug’s effect. [CONTINUE@NYPost]( Cancer Rates Up in Young People Due to ‘Accelerated Aging’ [video]( April 9, 2024 - “The realization that cancer, and now aging, are becoming significant issues for younger demographics over the past decades was unexpected.” They estimated each person’s biological age using nine biomarkers in the blood — then compared that to their chronological age.[CONTINUE@NYPost]( Ex-Gangster Turned Pastor Warns About POWERFUL Opiates April 2, 2024 - While it is unknown which opiate caused the overdoses, Pastor Mick Fleming, founder of Church on the Street, fears that deaths will be “off-the-scale” due to synthetic substances called nitazenes cut into street drugs like heroin and anxiety medication. [CONTINUE@BurnleyExpress]( Social Media Expert Hears ‘wake-up call’ on Youth Screen Addiction [video]( April 7, 2024 - “I started as a voice in the wilderness about eight, nine years ago, saying that digital media can be addicting. But that was just the price of admission. Digital media we know now, by design, has been habit-forming and addicting!” “But what’s the real cost of that addiction?” [CONTINUE@Fox]( Teens Mental Health, Anxiety and Smartphones April 3, 2024 - Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation,” published last week, argues that the smartphone-driven “great rewiring of childhood” is causing an “epidemic of mental illness.” [CONTINUE@NBCNews]( Los Angeles County Library Offers Narcan Clinics April 2, 2024 - All 86 county libraries are stocked with Narcan, and staff has been trained on how to administer the medicine. Now, the library has expanded its Narcan clinics, offering weekly sessions at 10 library branches within the County. The clinics offer training on how to use the medicine, and participants get to take home two doses.[@CBSNews]( Can Methadone Vans Deliver the Goods? April 1, 2024 - “This kind of initiative is about using harm reduction, bringing services to where people are; it’s about using an evidence-based strategy,” Dr. Cunningham. “We know methadone improves people’s lives. It’s about equity and serving those people who wouldn’t ordinarily, necessarily receive this service.” [CONTINUE@FilterMag]( Judge Melissa Boyd Sent to Rehab April 5, 2024 - Former Shelby County court judge Melissa Boyd pleaded guilty Friday morning. “First your honor, I want to apologize for my relapse with the positive drug test and to the state also,’ Boyd stated. A remorseful Boyd pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of harassment in a plea deal with the state. [CONTINUE@ActionNews5]( U.K. Drug Treatment Boss Throws Down Gauntlet to Authorities April 7, 2024 - Exasperated by years of fruitless discussions while drug deaths mount, Martin Blakeborough told us he plans to pilot several “micro” drug consumption spaces. ‘We’re going to start this service with or without you.” [CONTINUE@Independent]( Deryck Whibley Celebrates 10 Years Sober April 6, 2024 - Call it a premonition or pure naïveté, but Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley knew for a fact when he was 16 that he was going to be famous someday. “I mean, I was just so obsessed with music, and this was, at that time, pre-internet, so I didn’t know a lot of information about rock stars except for the chaos and craziness.” [CONTINUE@People]( Why Nature Is Your Best Ally in Recovery April 10, 2024 - 4 EASY WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THE OUTDOORS - Being outdoors has been linked to reduced stress, more energy, better physical health, and much more. Nature is often looked at as the “ultimate healer.” [CONTINUE@InTheRooms]( Psychological Paths From Loneliness to Smartphone Addiction April 5, 2024 - The study was prompted by concerns over digital addiction, a problem recognized by the American Psychiatric Association and the World Health Organization as a public health issue. The potential for addiction has soared, raising alarms about its impact on young people’s development. [CONTINUE@PsyPost]( How Loneliness Can Lead To Food Addiction / Obesity April; 9, 2024 - Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), UCLA Health researchers observed that when shown images of food, especially sweet treats, the brains of lonely individuals showed heightened activity in regions associated with processing internal states. [CONTINUE@BrainTomorrow]( The Worst Restaurant Breakfasts in America in 2022 [CONTINUE@EatThis]( Alaska to Post Cancer Risks Warning on Booze  April 5, 2024 - House Bill 298, would require businesses that sell alcoholic beverages post signs warning of the cancer link. The cancer message would augment the currently required message warning that consumption of alcohol during pregnancy can cause birth defects. [CONTINUE@AlaskaPublic]( Alcohol Awareness Month [video]( April 9, 2024 - This month is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of alcohol use and misuse. It also offers communities a chance to gain more understanding of how individuals struggle with alcohol use, as well as offering resources and support. [CONTINUE@WRBL]( Kodak Black Celebrates Sobriety April 8, 2024 - The Florida rapper said he’s the happiest he’s ever been since he began to work on his addiction to Percocets. “Bro, my average was 40 Percocets. I’m telling y’all this man. I ain’t know, to the point where I look at this sh*t and be like, what the f*ck was wrong with me, bruh?” [CONTINUE@BET]( ‘Terribly Strange to be 70’ by Anne Lamott April 10, 2024 - In my teens, already drinking and drugging, I didn’t expect to see 21, Then at 32, I got clean and sober, the miracle of my life from which all other blessings flow. My son was born three years later. The apple fell close to the tree: My son went off the rails, too. [CONTINUE@WashingtonPost](   MUSICAL INTERLUDE: RAYE: Tiny Desk Concert [video]( April 2023 - “I’m a songwriter for a living, okay. I usually have all the words but I’m genuinely speechless.” RAYE told the audience at her Tiny Desk. “All I’ve wanted is to be seen and respected as a musician.” The South London-bred singer-songwriter had finally made her way to NPR headquarters... 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